TY - BOOK ID - 17278947 TI - Twentieth-Century British Theatre : industry, art and empire PY - 2014 SN - 9781107419858 9780521464888 0521464889 9781139023153 9781139158718 1139158716 9781139160766 1139160761 1139023152 9781139155175 1283342103 9781283342100 1139155172 9781139156950 1139156950 1107224047 1139152408 1139159739 9786613342102 1107419859 PB - Cambridge: Cambridge university press, DB - UniCat KW - Geschichte 1900-2000. KW - Theater KW - Théâtre KW - History KW - Histoire UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:17278947 AB - In this book, Claire Cochrane maps the experience of theatre across the British Isles during the twentieth century through the social and economic factors which shaped it. Three topographies for 1900, 1950 and 2000 survey the complex plurality of theatre within the nation-state which at the beginning of the century was at the hub of world-wide imperial interests and after one hundred years had seen unprecedented demographic, economic and industrial change. Cochrane analyses the dominance of London theatre, but redresses the balance in favour of the hitherto marginalised majority experience in the English regions and the other component nations of the British political construct. Developments arising from demographic change are outlined, especially those relating to the rapid expansion of migrant communities representing multiple ethnicities. Presenting fresh historiographic perspectives on twentieth-century British theatre, the book breaks down the traditionally accepted binary oppositions between different sectors, showing a broader spectrum of theatre practice. ER -